What Is The Power Of Forgiveness?

Asking what is the power of forgiveness can reveal much insight into various areas of our lives.

Forgiveness is actually so much more than letting go of blame and judgment. It is a powerful force in our lives that releases us from much of the baggage we needlessly carry around. Let’s explore some ways to make this happen.

“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.”

— Lewis B. Smedes — 

What is the Power of Forgiveness in Creating Joy and Happiness?

Joy and happiness are what we all seek regardless of the silliness of some of our efforts. Just like the song about looking for love in all the wrong places, we quite often pursue avenues where joy and happiness cannot be found.

As a result, we accumulate many experiences that we often regret. This requires that we forgive ourselves for our past errors and mistakes so that we can then be in a space where we are willing to forgive others as well.

When we hold grudges and have feelings of anger toward others, we are projecting our very own thoughts and feelings onto them regardless of how justified we feel we are because of what they may have said or done.

When caught up in the emotions of any situation or event, it is quite challenging to step back and examine our thoughts, feelings, and underlying beliefs.

Since our beliefs are formed from past experiences that were emotionally charged to some degree, we see things from a viewpoint based on those beliefs regardless of their validity.

Letting go of the past allows us to forgive ourselves and others thus freeing us up to welcome joy and happiness into our lives.

What is the Power of Forgiveness in Healing Ourselves?

When we let go of all the pain and regret of the past. we free ourselves of rage, depression, and anxiety. Peace of mind and a healing presence result instead.

This reminds me of the old saying, “holding a grudge is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die” or “holding a hot iron and expecting not to get burned”.

The main point is when we project angry or hurtful feelings toward another it is us that suffer the most. We harm ourselves mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and physically.

Forgiveness releases the power of love within ourselves that then ignites the healing power of our immune system. We are then able to assist others in meaningful ways.

Forgiveness goes Against the Grain

We often find it challenging to forgive because we feel justified in our grudges and resentments, and we have gathered more than enough proof that we are right. We can name numerous incidents where we were unfairly treated to some degree.

Even so, all of that still fuels the emotional feelings that are more hurtful to us as well as creates an unhealthy inner environment within ourselves that often results in some sort of symptoms in our overall mental/emotional and physical health.

The reason it’s so hard to forgive is that we were never taught how to forgive and its importance. We are actually afraid to forgive for a number of reasons.

We much rather suffer and be right.

What is the Power of Forgiveness in Setting Ourselves Free?

 

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”

— Aesop —

We free ourselves when we embrace the power of forgiveness and not avoid the issue, and also by humbling ourselves a bit and realizing we don’t have the entire picture. Much of our grievances are based on our “interpretation” of what occurred.

To get past our own limited perceptions it is essential to have some humility as well as the courage to address our own shortcomings in misperceiving what is actually going on.

When we are truly honest with ourselves we have to admit that unless we walk in another’s shoes we do not know exactly what they are thinking and feeling and what motivates them. This type of compassion frees us from our own fear and guilt that we project onto others.

Having the patience to give ourselves the necessary time to sort things out within ourselves is critical in opening our hearts so that we are willing to forgive ourselves and others.

We will immediately know when this happens by the way we feel. This cannot be faked.

One Small Step at a Time

Patience with ourselves is so important as what we are doing is changing the way that we view ourselves, others, and the world. This is not complicated at all, but at the same time, it is no small feat.

We have built up and have been carrying around an immense amount of baggage since the time we landed on this beautiful planet. All of this fear and pain that we have experienced has caused us to be a little gun-shy, to say the least, and we have built a cocoon around ourselves and have made it quite impenetrable.

In fact, we have done such a good job in constructing our defenses that we have actually forgotten that we are the builder and not the structure, and we thus feel that we are being victimized by events out of our control.

Our beliefs have channeled our power and energy in ways that are not always beneficial to our overall well-being. Just waking up to this is a very “big” step in the right direction.

With this increased awareness we are now able to redirect our energy into avenues that enhance our well-being as well as empower others to do the same.

So, we begin with small steps and create the momentum needed to break free from our self-imposed prison.

What is the Power of Forgiveness in Transforming Our Lives?

This can seem to be a very intimidating process and not even worth the effort. That is why it is critical to increasing our awareness to the point that we clearly see ourselves as the creators of our lives and how connected we are to everything and everybody.

— Forgiveness now

Not later

Is the Key

To our Destiny

 

— Let’s not delay

The time is now

And has always been

 

— When we forgive ourselves

We can see

That everyone else

Also desires to be Free

JWS 11/29/2022

 

 

Once we free ourselves through forgiveness, we are much more willing to forgive others as well. We actually begin to understand and feel how we are all in this together.

When this really makes sense to us we will feel like a tremendous load has been lifted off of us because it has. We get used to just getting by and feeling okay when our true state is so much more.

We were meant to experience happiness and joy on a continuous basis because that is our true nature. Any challenges or problems then become merely reminders to get back on track.

The power of forgiveness does actually transform our lives when we trust the Genius part of our Selves enough to let go of the baggage of resentment and fear and allow ourselves to experience our true state of joy and exuberance.

Isn’t it time to let go of what we don’t want so we can experience what we really do want?

I encourage everyone to take the first uncertain step to understand and experience the power of forgiveness.

Forgiveness and love are a much simpler way to the happiness we all desire.

Enjoy and treasure the Moment,

Joseph William

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